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On the image showing the DUT hooked into an analyser the drive level is shown as 0.5mW which is about -3dBm.
However the drive on V1 and V2 is -10dBm which is 0.1mW and the drive on V3 is +10dBm which is 10mW.
Was the original DUT being over driven or under driven I wonder.

Picture above shows the inner one of the first prototypes, with more than allowed input Levels ( without Input attenuator and 0,5mW Signal ). Nevertheless clean output signal.

The output of a FT818 is about 6W call it 38 dBm. (We all forget to switch the power down at some point!)

We have a head on our shoulders to think about that

a 30dB attenuator will therefore be required to drive the v 3 unit for SSB-CWYES
For digital Television: attenuator value depends on TX output signal Level , there are two versions UPconverter available

TCXO at 2ppm, 10ppm normally? That means 20kHz to 100kHz error. OK for DATV but we are going to need a lot better stability for SSB/CW than 2ppm. Any way to develop an LNB for 10 GHz that takes a 10MHz reference input?

TCXO at 2ppm, 10ppm normally? That means 20kHz to 100kHz error. OK for DATV but we are going to need a lot better stability for SSB/CW than 2ppm. Any way to develop an LNB for 10 GHz that takes a 10MHz reference input?